§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the action of the London County Council in dispossessing the allotment-holders at Marble Hill, Twickenham, where there is an enormous acreage of ground for recreation purposes, or of the necessity of disturbing the allotment-holders; and whether he can, as a matter of public policy in the interest of food production, take any steps to prevent this retrograde movement?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe question of the continued use of land comprising part of the parks and open spaces of the London County Council for the provision of allotments was fully discussed in this House on the 18th December last, when I explained the attitude of the Ministry towards the decisions which had been come to by the Council. I have nothing to add to the statement I made on that occasion (a copy of which I will send to the hon. Member), except to say that the872W acreage of ground for recreation purposes at Twickenham to which my hon. Friend refers is not available to the general public.